vCenter Server Heartbeat

vCenter Server Heartbeat - End of Availability

VMware is announcing the End of Availability (EoA) of all VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat versions effective June 2, 2014. As a result, all versions of vCenter Server Heartbeat will be removed from the VMware price list on June 2, 2014. After this date, you will no longer be able to purchase these products.

All support and maintenance for the removed versions will be unaffected and will continue on per
VMware Life Cycle policy through the published support period until September 19, 2018.

Users are not required to take any immediate action. This notification in no ways impacts customer’s ability to use VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat past June 2, 2014. Customers receive perpetual licenses when purchasing VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat and this entitles them to continued use of the licenses despite the end of availability or end of support.

How do customers maintain high availability for vCenter Server deployed on a physical server?

VMware best practice recommends deployment of vCenter Server as a virtual machine and to use vSphere High Availability to provide high availability functionality. However, customers can still retain high availability and backup of their physically deployed vCenter Server and associated databases through the use of physical backup software/systems provided by several storage backup vendors.